What have you done in your Garage this evening??

[tomtrout]

Hey Neil, that engine lifting eye looks a bit flash! Puts my Flying Fortress bomb hoist and webbing, complete with granny knot into the shade. No rude comments about my immaculate garage please!

[henrytvr]

With my car finally finished for the summer, today was the ideal day for a tax disc and a long drive. Everything was going brilliantly until as I was going though a very congested Ware high street, the biting point on the clutch was right at the very top and pulling away was a nightmare. So as Bespoke Performance were just around the corner I popped in to have confirmed that I most likely need a new clutch. Fantastic!

Never a dull moment when you own a TVR eh?!

Edit- I went up to the garage this evening and thought I would see what it was like when it was cold and it seems a lot better Going to take it out for another run tomorrow to see what the deal is.

Edited by henrytvr on Tuesday 2nd April 18:20

[Astacus]

tomtrout said:

Hey Neil, that engine lifting eye looks a bit flash! Puts my Flying Fortress bomb hoist and webbing, complete with granny knot into the shade. No rude comments about my immaculate garage please!

PFft, spanking compared to mine!

I notice no one bit on my question re Steve. Anyone know?

[tomtrout]

Fitted the doors this weekend. I think restoring the doors and internals and then fitting them has been the most difficult job so far. Both doors fit (of sorts!) open, close and lock and the windows go up and down. Other than that the least said the better!

[Slow M]

Not much, just a little fiddling with positioning the pedal assembly. None the less, very happy as it's the first activity in almost exactly four months.

Best,
B

[GadgeS3C]

Finally got around to fitting new column bushes in the steering column. Needed to relieve the column a little to get the tabs to slide in, a good smear of vaseline and a prod with a screwdriver to squish the ears in.

Can't believe how long it's taken to get back to that!

[kabaman]

Neil, I can't see clearly from those pics but there's some mod going on there relating to the lower arm and the relative position of the pivot rod. What's does this enable, what's going on?

Cheers,

N

[quattrophenia]

tomtrout said:

Fitted the doors this weekend. I think restoring the doors and internals and then fitting them has been the most difficult job so far. Both doors fit (of sorts!) open, close and lock and the windows go up and down. Other than that the least said the better!

Really really nice looking Vixen you have there Andy. And that colour makes me want to run my tongue along it! Is it Lambo/Focus orange?
Despite the age of the Vixen design, seeing yours in that condition and with that paint job makes the years roll off her. Well done that man.

[gmw9666]

i hope you dont play darts with your car parked there ;-)

[Cerberus90]

It lives and moves under it's own steam (literally at one point due to dodgy rad cap, )
As you can probably tell from the video, I was quite pleased,


Click for video.

[Grantura2a]

Finally running again after 42 years! Not a TVR, but it was blocking the Griffith 200's exit from the garage.

Mike T

[dryden]

Your Griff must be well tamed,.....I am suprised it did not eat it..!!

[madsvlund]

.... been playing with my new instruments

[S1Vixen]

Exhaust manifold finally back on the car, another part finished...

[S1Vixen]

Hi Neil,

Exhaust design is mine, fabrication was by Graham Frankland at Exhausts by Design. Coating by Zircotec.

The water rail is by Raceline. I also have their wet sump. Both excellent quality.

Cheers

Steve

[S1Vixen]

Hi Neil,

Exhaust design is mine, fabrication was by Graham Frankland at Exhausts by Design. Coating by Zircotec.

The water rail is by Raceline. I also have their wet sump. Both excellent quality.

Cheers

Steve

[heightswitch]

S1Vixen said:

Hi Neil,

Exhaust design is mine, fabrication was by Graham Frankland at Exhausts by Design. Coating by Zircotec.

The water rail is by Raceline. I also have their wet sump. Both excellent quality.

Cheers

Steve

cheers Steve.
N.

[bluezeeland]

Pardon my French, but.........I led the pack over them 'long streches of cobbles', hence I was the fastest, and......nothing has fallen of my car/needed attention, so, Mr. Pridaux, i can only assume there was maintainance overdue on yours !!! (you, cheeeky bafoon, you !) (lol)

Seriously, have you also checked the track-rod ends/steering rack for play and the bushes at the steering column, as there shouldn't be any loose-ness there ?

grtz

Frank

[pridaux]

bluezeeland said:

Pardon my French, but.........I led the pack over them 'long streches of cobbles', hence I was the fastest, and......nothing has fallen of my car/needed attention, so, Mr. Pridaux, i can only assume there was maintainance overdue on yours !!! (you, cheeeky bafoon, you !) (lol)

Seriously, have you also checked the track-rod ends/steering rack for play and the bushes at the steering column, as there shouldn't be any loose-ness there ?

grtz

Frank

Yes I have and that was not all that was loose once we got to the last stop felt sorry for whoever went in after me LOL

[Moto]

Just removed the previous low quality air filters and replaced with a pair of new Eurocarb items to fit the twin 40's. If anyone's interested, although rather fiddly, you can just get a pair of 63mm deep filters to fit in the gap on a Vixen S3 (cable clutch). These now house a new pair of 38mm trumpets as there were none fitted previously. Runs a touch quieter/smoother and strangely have lost the spitting back through the carbs. Shame as I liked that.